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Updated: 12:55 PM CDT Sep 9, 2019

Ways to get kids excited about science

Mad science specializes in fun science experiments you can do at home with your kids.

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-- WASHINGTON. EDEN: MAD SCIENCE SPECIALIZES IN FUN SCIENCE EXPERIMENTS YOU CAN DO AT HOME WITH YOUR KIDS. I’M JOINED BY DOCTOR KOKO WITH SOME IDEAS FOR GETTING KIDS EXCITED ABOUT SCIENCE. THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THINK FOR JOINING US. WHAT SUPPLIES ARE NEEDED? >> WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH A REALLY QUICK CHEMICAL REACTION THAT YOU CAN DO IT HOME. YOU CAN ONLY FIND A COUPLE OF THINGS YOU NEED IN YOUR KITCHEN IN ORDER TO DO THIS EXPERIMENT. >> HOW WE START -- HOW DO WE START? >> THE FIRST THING YOU WILL NEED IS HYDROGEN PEROXIDE. THE SAME STUFF YOU WOULD FIND IN ANY SORT OF STORE. A LITTLE BIT OF DISH DETERGENT AND SOME SUGAR, YEAST, AND WARM WATER. AND A BOTTLE TO MIX ALL THEIR CHEMICALS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO THIS EXPERIMENT AT HOME THE FIRST THING YOU HAVE TO DO IS YOU HAVE TO START WITH A LITTLE BIT, ONE TABLESPOON OF WARM WATER. THEN YOU WILL ADD ABOUT HALF A TEASPOON OF SUGAR TO ACTIVATE THE EAST A LITTLE BIT. THEN ONE FULL TEASPOON OF ACTIVATED EAST. YOU CAN SIT BACK AND SWIRL IT AROUND. THAT WILL START WORKING AND WHILE WE’RE WAITING FOR THE YEAST TO WAKE UP AND START MOVING WE WILL PUT OUR HYDROGEN PEROXIDE RIGHT INTO THIS BOTTLE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT HERE. I USED ABOUT HALF A CUP OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE TO MAKE THIS. THIS IS A 3% CONCENTRATION. IT IS SAFE BUT I DO RECOMMEND THAT IF YOU ARE DOING THIS YOU WHERE ALL THE PROPER SAFETY IT MEANT AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE GOGGLES AND MAKE SURE YOU DO THIS WITH THE KIDS TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS WORKING FINE. AFTER THIS IS IN THE BOTTLE PUT A COUPLE OF DROPS OF DISH SOAP IN. THE SOAP IS GOING TO HELP TRAP ALL OF THE EXTRA GASES THE YEAST IS GOING TO RELEASE. THIS IS SO COOL BECAUSE THIS EAST IS GOING TO GET A LITTLE EXTRA BOOST FROM THE OXYGEN IN THE HYDROGEN PEROXIDE. IF YOU LOOK IN THERE YOU CAN SEE THE YEAST STARTING TO ACTIVATE. JUST FOR A LITTLE BIT OF FUN I’M GOING TO ADD A LITTLE BIT THIS I EXPERIMENT I JUST THINK IT LOOKS COOL. IS EVERYBODY READY? HERE WE GO. AS THE EAST STARTS TO REACT WITH THE SUGAR YOU CAN SEE IT IS MAKING A LOT OF FOAM. ALL OF THAT FOAM IS NOT GOING TO STOP UNTIL ALL THE YEAST IS USED UP IN THERE. I KNOW YOU CANNOT FEEL THE BOTTLE BUT DOWN AT THE BOTTOM HERE IT IS GETTING A LOT WARMER BECAUSE THE HEAT -- BECAUSE THE YEAST IS CREATING AN THERMIC REACTION. EDEN SO COOL.

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Ways to get kids excited about science

Mad science specializes in fun science experiments you can do at home with your kids.